Self-reported measures of health are generally treated as weak measures of respondents' objective health status. On the … other hand, most surveys use self-reported health to measure health status and to determine the effects of a range of other … socio-economic characteristics of the local environment on individual health. It is therefore of interest to the public …

Self-reported measures of health are generally treated as weak measures of respondents' objective health status. On the … other hand, most surveys use self-reported health to measure health status and to determine the effects of a range of other … socio-economic characteristics of the local environment on individual health. It is therefore of interest to the public …

This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, diet and sleep) as potential … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …

This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, diet and sleep) as potential … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …

happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We … investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality using the German Socio-Economic Panel. We consider doctor visits …, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We … investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality using the German Socio-Economic Panel. We consider doctor visits …, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially … abandoned and experienced with less regret during old age. In a unique panel of 132,609 life satisfaction expectations matched … support theories that unmet expectations drive the age U-shape in wellbeing. …

theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially … abandoned and experienced with less regret during old age. In a unique panel of 132,609 life satisfaction expectations matched … support theories that unmet expectations drive the age U-shape in wellbeing. …

-life well-being, controlling for key individual predictors including age at death, gender, education, and household income. The …